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2022 Ohio Safety Congress & Expo March 9-10 Online

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The 2022 Ohio Safety Congress & Expo (OSC22), sponsored by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC), helps businesses keep their work force safe, healthy and productive. This is the largest regional safety and health conference in the U.S. and attendance is free for Ohio employers and their employees. The…

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Workplace Safety and Health: How Employers Can Take Advantage of Wellness Dollar Utilization

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Health insurance companies offer Wellness Dollars to their members to help promote employee health and well-being. Healthier employees drive improved productivity and lower medical costs. These dollars are frequently used for programs such as smoking cessation, weight loss programs, fitness challenges and/or exercise equipment. Many health insurance companies have recognized…

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Private Equity Risk and Insurance: Avoid Closing Pains by Addressing HR, Benefits Issues: Crain’s Cleveland Feature

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Oswald Companies was a featured contributor in the Crain’s Cleveland Custom Content: ACG 2022, January 2022. In the article titled “Avoid Closing Pains by Addressing HR, Benefits Issues,” Brian Stovsky, Business Development Leader, Private Equity at Oswald Companies, discusses the importance of making employee benefits a key focus as M&A…

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OSHA Recordkeeping: Tips to Get Your Logs in on Time

Adam Thomas

The OSHA recordkeeping process can provide valuable information to an organization. The information can be leveraged to develop strategic plans to improve the company’s risk profile, reduce workers compensation claim activity, and provide a safer work environment for employees. Although valuable, the regulation itself is very detailed and can often…

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Cyber Risk Advisory: Apache Log4j Vulnerability

A maximum severity rating was recently issued for Apache Log4j vulnerability on Dec. 10, 2021. It allows cyber threat actors to use remote code execution on the servers of the open-source Java package used for logging applications. Log4j is widely used in consumer and enterprise services, websites, applications, and operational…

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The Hard Insurance Market: Why Personal Insurance Rates Continue to Rise

Personal insurance is the kind of insurance we think of that covers our day-to-day: It covers individuals against loss that results from death, injury, or loss of property. These insurance lines generally protect people and their families from losses they couldn’t afford to cover on their own and allow us…

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Tim Walsh Honored With The Words of Wisdom Award at IRMI Construction Risk Conference

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SAN DIEGO – Nov. 23, 2021 – Tim Walsh, Senior Vice President, Director of Oswald’s Design and Construction Practice, was honored at the 2021 IRMI Construction Risk Conference (CRC) on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, in San Diego, California. Walsh, a frequent speaker and writer on the topics of construction risk…

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Insurance for Fractional Aviation Ownership

Have you ever seen the line of private jets at the airport and think, “I’d like to travel that way.” Well, more and more corporations and families are doing just that—purchasing a share of an aircraft or blocks of time to use as they wish. According to an article on…

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Perish the Thought: Cyber Incidents & Why You Need to Start a Conversation

Steve Carey and Hussein Jaward

It starts like any other Monday morning. After brewing a cup of coffee in the office kitchen, you walk to your desk and power on your computer. You’re ready to start the workday, but when you click on the file you were working on last week, you’re horrified to find…

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[On-Demand Webinar] Business Planning and Budgeting for your Cybersecurity Investment

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WATCH FULL WEBCAST (Password: Cyber2021!) View the on-demand webinar from Nov. 3 for guidance on how to properly budget for what you need to protect your business and secure insurance coverage. October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Check out “Insurance carriers scrutinize cybersecurity controls” for the latest on multi-factor authentication, cyber…

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